From: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 03:58:09 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Win32::GetShortPathName() does not always return a short name [DOC PATCH]
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Win32::GetShortPathName() does not always return a short name [DOC PATCH]
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diff --git a/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm b/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm
index af3f2fe..689bd42 100644
--- a/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm
+++ b/win32/ext/Win32/Win32.pm
@@ -545,9 +545,11 @@ different major/minor version number than Windows XP.
 
 =item Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME)
 
-[CORE] Returns a representation of PATHNAME composed only of
-short (8.3) path components.  The result may not necessarily be
-shorter than PATHNAME.  Compare with Win32::GetFullPathName and
+[CORE] Returns a representation of PATHNAME that is composed of short
+(8.3) path components where available.  For path components where the
+file system has not generated the short form the returned path will
+use the long form, so this function might still for instance return a
+path containing spaces.  Compare with Win32::GetFullPathName and
 Win32::GetLongPathName.
 
 =item Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE, PROCNAME)